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per Phil:
An eerie ring of pure darkness surrounded the bright lights of TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday night.
It’s the same thing that happens when you’re camping and shine a flashlight into the night. The human eye emphasizes the contrast between light and dark to the point it’s darkest where the two meet.
In terms of football, the cold, dark reality of 2020 hit hard when No. 21 Minnesota’s kickoffs began sailing short and sky-high, 18th-ranked Michigan’s pass rush rattled oft-unshakeable quarterback Tanner Morgan, and the Wolverines gashed an inexperienced defense on the ground en route to its 49-24 win.
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck didn’t come out and say his starting kicker, kickoff man and punter came down with COVID-19. But he didn’t have to.
“I’m not going get into specifics of why they missed the game, but you can probably imagine,” said Fleck, whose program hasn’t claimed the Little Brown Jug in three tries dating back to 2014 when Jerry Kill was still the man in charge. “It kind of hit the specialists pretty hard, and they hit them at different times. If somebody ever tests positive, they got to be out three weeks. So they could be a week apart, three days apart, two weeks apart, but it still gets you for three weeks.”
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Go Gophers!!
An eerie ring of pure darkness surrounded the bright lights of TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday night.
It’s the same thing that happens when you’re camping and shine a flashlight into the night. The human eye emphasizes the contrast between light and dark to the point it’s darkest where the two meet.
In terms of football, the cold, dark reality of 2020 hit hard when No. 21 Minnesota’s kickoffs began sailing short and sky-high, 18th-ranked Michigan’s pass rush rattled oft-unshakeable quarterback Tanner Morgan, and the Wolverines gashed an inexperienced defense on the ground en route to its 49-24 win.
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck didn’t come out and say his starting kicker, kickoff man and punter came down with COVID-19. But he didn’t have to.
“I’m not going get into specifics of why they missed the game, but you can probably imagine,” said Fleck, whose program hasn’t claimed the Little Brown Jug in three tries dating back to 2014 when Jerry Kill was still the man in charge. “It kind of hit the specialists pretty hard, and they hit them at different times. If somebody ever tests positive, they got to be out three weeks. So they could be a week apart, three days apart, two weeks apart, but it still gets you for three weeks.”
Minnesota football: One week into weird 2020 season, Fleck's fears are already being realized
Attrition wasn't the only contributor to Minnesota's woes in its latest-ever season opener; 8.3 yards per rush and an elusive pass rush from Michigan took care of a lot. But this wasn't the group Fleck was planning to ride with in pursuit of matching or topping last year's 11-win season that...
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Go Gophers!!
